Smoky Mountains News

The annual Mountain Life Festival at the Mountain Farm Museum in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is scheduled Saturday, September 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. During this 75th anniversary year of the park, the event will showcase Appalachian folkways and pay tribute to the many families who lived on lands that would later become the national park.

Even before it became a national park in 1934, folks from around the region would visit the Smoky Mountains, making it their summer playground.

WAYNESVILLE — The Waynesville Gallery Association will present Art After Dark from 6-9 p.m. Sept. 4.

A 70-year-old hiker who spent more than

The eight-mile section of Little River Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park that was closed on Friday because of a rock slide reopened Tuesday evening.The slide was located about two miles west of the Elkmont campground junction. The affected section of road was located between this junction and Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area. 

Great Smoky Mountains Chief of Facility Management Alan Sumeriski has announced that a rockslide is expected keep Little River Road between the Elkmont Campground and the Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area closed through Tuesday evening, August 18. The slide is located about two miles west of the Elkmont Campground junction.

Two uncompleted sections of the Foothills Parkway have been reopened to non-motorized recreational use, according to the National Park Service.Bikers, hikers and horse riders can use either the nine-mile section from Walland to a dead end or the four-mile section from Wears Valley to a dead end. 

A $25,000 grant from the Scripps Howard

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These eastern mountains that straddle the juncture of Tennessee and North Carolina come by their name honestly, shrouded as they are with lush forests accented by near constant bluish mist.Like smoke.

In honor of its 75th Anniversary, Great Smoky Mountains National Park collaborated with the Western North Carolina National History Day competition and invited area middle and high school students to submit entries focused on an individual who was important in the park's creation or history.

Imagine a gift of immeasurable value, one so precious, so unique, that it can never be replaced, so large that no amount of gift paper can wrap it.We are all the recipients and should consider ourselves custodians of this gift known as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, celebrating its 75th anniversary this year.

In a given year, officials with Great Smoky Mountains 

Thousands of people flock to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park every summer to get a glimpse of East Tennessee wildlife.But one of the most popular creatures drawing tourists to the park is now keeping them off a busy trail.Tourists who stopped by the Abrams Falls trailhead Saturday described their day's plans in the past tense.